Child Abuse

Josh Duggar grew up in a strict Christian household. His father, Jim Bob Duggar, was a former Arkansas state representative who in 2002 said that rape and incest merited the death penalty and the family became TV stars for nearly seven years on a cable show that focused on their devout life.
They...
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Less than 20 years ago, Vince Felitti, MD, and Rob Anda, MD, published the results of research that showed proof of a strong relationship between painful things that can happen in childhood – adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs - and health as an adult.
This evidence of long term effects...
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Anita Kulick, President & CEO, Educating Communities for Parenting

Thursday, February 19, 2015, 5:30 AM

Nearly everyone in the country has seen the infamous “elevator” tape of Ray Rice delivering the vicious knock-out punch that rendered his wife unconscious.
No matter what your opinion on this one highly sensationalized celebrity incident, there’s no denying the horrific effects of...
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Jeffrey Campbell, MD

Monday, November 17, 2014, 10:30 AM

Today’s guest blogger is Jeffrey Campbell, MD, Director of the Nemours Neuroscience Center and a pediatric neurosurgeon at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children.
Child abuse has once again come to the attention of our region with two horrific fatal beating cases in the past two weeks...
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Mario Cruz, M.D.

Tuesday, September 16, 2014, 5:30 AM

As you’ve already read, Adrian Peterson and Ray Rice are highly skilled athletes who have been accused of committing terrible crimes. Peterson for repeatedly striking his son with a “switch,” and Rice who knocked out his then fiancée unconscious in an Atlantic City elevator...
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Anna Nguyen, Healthy Kids blog Editor

Wednesday, June 4, 2014, 12:44 PM

Dr. Robert Noll is the Director of Pediatric Hospital Medicine & Emergency Care at Chester-Crozer Medical Center. He speaks about the types of child abuse, what to look for and how to report.
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Each year, April is designated as child abuse prevention month by public officials all over the United States and it serves as a reminder of the need to focus on healthy child development. Happy, healthy children grow into happy, healthy, and productive adults and strengthen the economic and social...
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On a beautiful Sunday morning, I was enjoying a walk in a park, admiring the views, the gardens, the art and the variety of people, when something caught my eye and took my thoughts right back to work. A mom was strolling with her two young children and both kids had their first names written in huge...
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Fall means soccer, winter brings basketball, and then finally we get to play baseball; so go the seasons of childhood. As parents, we idealize the gifts that youth sports can bring to kids such as improving physical fitness, learning about teamwork, and experiencing the thrill of victory. But the Sandusky...
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Recently, I became the doctor of a 17-year-old girl who had been raped. She told me that right after the rape, she was scared and told her mother. Her mother immediately took her to the ER. Following medical guidelines, the ER doctor gave her emergency contraception and treated her empirically for...
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